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Praising China’s carbon market shows how low the bar has fallen
28 Jun 2017
China is planning the world’s biggest carbon market, but with little detail given for its design, praise for the scheme is premature.
Chokepoints threaten security of world's food supply
28 Jun 2017
The world's food security is increasingly reliant on 14 "chokepoints" for trade, a think-tank report has warned.
French leader vows to stop oil and gas licences
28 Jun 2017
The new French government has announced it will stop granting licences for new oil and gas exploration.
Six million in China just went 100% renewable for a week
28 Jun 2017
Qinghai province in China has just used entirely renewable energy for seven days as part of a trial to prove that it is possible to use just green energy.
How is it possible to use more resources than we can replenish?
28 Jun 2017
Since the 1970s, humans have used more resources than the planet can regenerate.
Paris agreement only way to save coral reefs
28 Jun 2017
Greater emissions reductions and delivering on the Paris climate agreement are now “the only opportunity” to save coral reefs the world over from decline.
Huge Iceland eruption mimics industrial emissions
27 Jun 2017
The largest Iceland eruption in 230 years offers a unique look into how aerosols affect the atmosphere.
LOOK WHO AGREE: Exxon, Hawking and Reagan’s men
27 Jun 2017
What do ExxonMobil, Stephen Hawking, the Nature Conservancy, and Ronald Reagan’s secretary of Treasury and chief of staff have in common?
Apartment-dwellers can now join the solar boom
27 Jun 2017
Australians who live in apartments have largely been locked out of the solar revolution by a minefield of red tape.
Censorship cry as Canberra hides emissions data
26 Jun 2017
Australia's Climate Council is calling for the backlog of the nation’s emissions data to be urgently released, with the Federal Government failing to provide the nation’s quarterly data for more than six months.
US exiting climate pact will hurt small islands
26 Jun 2017
To small island nations where the land juts just above the rising seas, the US pulling out of the Paris global warming pact makes the future seem as fragile and built on hope as a sand castle.
Safety of world seed vaults is crucial to food future
26 Jun 2017
There is a fearful irony to recent news of flooding at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway.
Government action isn’t enough for climate change
23 Jun 2017
Even if all the Paris Agreement nations do their part, governments alone can’t substantially reduce the risk of catastrophic climate change.
Across the world, thousands of cities take up the climate call
23 Jun 2017
Faced with pollution and rising sea levels, cities around the world are setting targets at a record pace.
South Korea to scrap coal and nuclear power
22 Jun 2017
The new President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in has committed his country to phasing out all coal and nuclear power stations suggesting a major change in energy policy for the Asian state.
You've got it wrong, new report tells Australia
22 Jun 2017
As Australia's Senate launches an inquiry into the national security ramifications of climate change, a new report has warned global warming will cause increasingly regular and severe humanitarian crises across the Asia-Pacific area.
Big Oil backs Republicans' carbon tax proposal
22 Jun 2017
Oil giants ExxonMobil, Shell, BP and Total are among a group of large corporations supporting a plan to tax carbon dioxide emissions.
Major businesses snap up renewable energy
22 Jun 2017
Major corporations such as Wal-Mart and General Motors have become some of America’s biggest buyers of renewable energy.
Big trouble brews in the birthplace of coffee
22 Jun 2017
Rising temperatures are set to wipe out half of Ethiopia’s coffee-growing areas, with loss of certain locations likened to France losing a great wine region.
In Phoenix, it's so hot the planes can't take off
22 Jun 2017
A heat wave across the American West has sent the mercury above 120degF in places like Phoenix - so hot some airlines have had to cancel flights.
Nearly a third of the world now faces deadly heatwaves
21 Jun 2017
Nearly a third of the world’s population is now exposed to climatic conditions that produce deadly heatwaves.
How solar power can save lives and money
21 Jun 2017
US scientists have just worked out how many lives, and at what price, solar power can deliver.
Desert basins could hold ‘missing’ carbon sinks
21 Jun 2017
Deserts across the globe might contain some of the world’s “missing” carbon sinks — land masses scientists had not previously identified that absorb carbon from the atmosphere.
Al Gore: Climate fight like suffrage and slavery
21 Jun 2017
Former US vice-president Al Gore has compared climate change to historic “moral causes” such as abolishing slavery, universal suffrage, anti-apartheid, civil, and gay rights.
Whole Foodies ponder future under Amazon
21 Jun 2017
Shelf-stockers and purveyors of locally sourced organic produce give a wary welcome to Jeff Bezos’s buyout of the market that changed their town.
Coral reefs hold the history of the seas
21 Jun 2017
Much like tree rings, coral reefs can tell stories about how environmental conditions have changed over time.
Marijuana industry a glutton for fossil fuels
21 Jun 2017
Producing a few pounds of weed can have the same environmental toll as driving across America seven times – harming cities’ and states’ plans to curb emissions.
Government cripples cities' climate campaigns
20 Jun 2017
New Zealand’s two largest cities are failing to cut greenhouse gas emissions because of the Government’s lack of action on climate change, new research shows.
American cities find ways to play the game
20 Jun 2017
United States cities and states are increasingly seeking ways to play an active role in international climate change efforts.
Welcome to the sustainability revolution
20 Jun 2017
The winners of an annual worldwide competition to spread clean energy have been urged to see it as a sustainability revolution.
Australia's climate policies poisoned by pragmatism
20 Jun 2017
A history of failure has left Australia with virtually no genuinely independent advice on climate change.
Huge Antarctic melt raises fears of 3m sea level rise
19 Jun 2017
Scientists have documented one of the most extensive melting events ever recorded in West Antarctica, an area that holds enough land ice to raise sea level by about 3.3 metres if it fully melted.
Brazil prepares to grant land rights to Amazon criminals
19 Jun 2017
The Brazil government is set to roll back protections on vast areas of the Amazon that would legitimise land claims often made under fake names to avoid prosecution
EU acts to restrict hormone-disrupting chemical in plastics
19 Jun 2017
A chemical found in CDs, DVDs, kettles and water bottles could soon be restricted after EU authorities ruled that it posed a threat to human health because of its effects on hormones.
Arctic icebergs freeze climate research plans
19 Jun 2017
Canadian scientists have to think again as unusual Arctic warmth puts shipping at risk and icebergs freeze climate research plans.
No doubt about it, green streets are the way to go
19 Jun 2017
Green roofs and walls insulate buildings and soak up rain. And like trees and hedges, they absorb pollutants. What’s not to like?
IT'S THE LAW: Sweden aims to be carbon neutral by 2045
16 Jun 2017
Sweden has committed to becoming a net-zero carbon emitter by 2045, under a law just passed in parliament.
May continues a warm streak for the planet
16 Jun 2017
Another month is in the global temperature record books. While May just missed setting a record, the data is another reminder that climate change is making the world hotter and pushing it into a new state.
Crisis looms as fish abandon tropical waters
16 Jun 2017
The tropics are emptying out as climate change pushes marine species toward cooler waters, and the fishing industry expands around the globe.
San Francisco restoring nature's delicate balance
16 Jun 2017
As rising seas and demands for fresh water threaten San Francisco area shorelines, the focus is on building tidal marsh.
US passes renewable power generation mark
16 Jun 2017
Combined wind and solar energy accounted for more than 10 per cent of US power generation in March - the highest ever share of renewable energy in the nation’s power mix.
Germany and California strengthen climate ties
15 Jun 2017
Europe’s largest economy and the largest state economy in the US have issued a joint statement of intent to boost climate cooperation.
India and Pakistan scrap over the mighty Indus
15 Jun 2017
Fast-growing populations and increasing demand for hydropower and irrigation are putting one of Asia's great rivers under intense pressure.
Singapore opens sustainability academy
15 Jun 2017
The Singapore Sustainability Academy has been built to highest energy efficiency and green building standards and will serve as the city-state’s sustainability learning and collaboration hub.
Big Fish pledges to eradicate problem practices
14 Jun 2017
Nine of the world's largest fishing companies have agreed to a joint UN pact to eradicate illegal catch, overfishing, and other unstainable practices.
Poor Chad is the world's worst climate country
14 Jun 2017
Of the 186 countries assessed in a recent survey of climate vulnerability, Chad was rated most in peril.
Fighting climate change can be lonely for a kid
14 Jun 2017
Jayden Foytlin, a 14-year-old hurricane survivor, is suing the US government over climate change in one of the most surprising environmental lawsuits of our time.
May has made Gove 'fox in charge of the hen house'
13 Jun 2017
Michael Gove’s appointment as UK environment secretary is like “putting the fox in charge of the hen house”.
US opts out of G7 Paris Agreement pledge
13 Jun 2017
The US has refused to sign up to a G7 pledge that calls the Paris climate accord the “irreversible” global tool to address climate change.
Miners in bidding war for Rio Tinto's coalmines
13 Jun 2017
A multibillion-dollar bidding war for most of Rio Tinto’s Australian coalmines has broken out between China-backed Yancoal and Glencore after the Swiss commodities company made an unexpected offer.
‘Off like a rocket’: Battery rebate prompts massive rooftop power surge
Today 11:00am
The federal government’s home battery rebate has proved so popular it is adding the equivalent to South Australia’s big battery to the grid every 8.7 days.
Ørsted shares at all-time low after Trump halts work on US windfarm
Wed 27 Aug 2025
Shares drop by 17% after stop-work order on $1.5bn project off Rhode Island, which was 80% complete.
China's carbon market to introduce absolute emissions caps from 2027
Wed 27 Aug 2025
China will tighten its carbon trading market by introducing absolute emissions caps in some industries for the first time starting by 2027.
Apple Watch not a 'CO2-neutral product,' German court finds
Today 11:00am
Apple can no longer advertise its Apple Watch as a "CO2-neutral product" in Germany, following a court ruling on Tuesday that upheld a complaint from environmentalists, finding that the U.S. tech company had misled consumers.
What happens to net zero if the trees don’t survive?
20 Aug 2025
When climate change undermines the climate plan.
Challenges persist in bid to mine the deep sea, even after boost from Trump
29 Jul 2025
After years of delay, the deep-sea mining plans of Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC) now appear to be progressing as it pursues a controversial new path to securing a license to mine in international waters under U.S. jurisdiction.
Singapore seals carbon credit deal with Thailand, its first South-east Asian partner
Today 11:00am
The agreement, the eighth for Singapore, helps both nations meet climate targets under the Paris Agreement, directing finance to Thai projects.
Rise in dengue fever outbreaks across the Pacific driven by the climate crisis, experts say
13 Aug 2025
Samoa, Fiji and Tonga among the worst affected amid warning the disease and others will become ‘more common and more serious’ as the planet warms.
Iconic Antarctic species at risk amid 'regime shift', with 'rapid and self-perpetuating changes'
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Scientists say there is emerging evidence of abrupt and potentially unstoppable changes in the Antarctic environment.
Is Africa about to see the solar energy boom it needs?
Today 11:00am
African countries imported a record number of solar panels in the past year, which could be the beginning of a green energy boom on the continent.
Lessons from the Incas: How llamas, terraces and trees could help the Andes survive climate change
Today 11:00am
New research suggests solutions may lie in environmental knowledge that the Incas and their predecessors developed centuries ago.
Brazil issues last-ditch plea for countries to submit climate plans ahead of COP30
20 Aug 2025
Only 28 countries have submitted carbon-cutting proposals to the UN, with some of the biggest emitters yet to produce plans.
